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CORK BULLE-R.

Patented Deo. 2, 1884.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo WILLIAM H. D. MERRILL, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

CORK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,686, dated December 2', 1884.

Application filed May 2, 1884.

To all whom t may con/cern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. D. MER- RILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Cork-Puller, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to cork-pullers for pulling corks from the necks of bottles, and is designed to cut the wire at the mouth of the bottle and split and pull the cork; and it consists in the construction and novel arrange ment of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of a cork-puller embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line v o, Fig. 1, showing a plan of the stein-guide. Fig. 3 is a section on the line x x, Fig. I, showing a plan of the neck-support for the bottle. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y, Fig. l, showing a plan of the base-support for the bottle; and Fig. 5 is a section on line z z, Fig. 1, showing a plan of the base of the eorkpuller.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, D designates the base of the stand, which is of X form, and has the ends ofits arms provided with screwholes D', through which the securingscrews are passed to fasten the cork-puller stand to the counter or plat-form on which it is to be worked.

From the base D a rod, I, rises, and to its upper end is pivoted the armS of a lever, E, which is curved as shown, and provided with a suitable handle. The rod I is provided at any suitable distance above the base D with an adjustable bottle-support, C, having a hole in its arm, through which the rod I passes, and a set-screw, C', to be secured at any desired point on the rod.

Above the bottle-support C is a neck-support, B, through which the rod I passes, and a set-screw, B', is providedfor this support to secure it adjustably upon the rod. The neck-support B is provided with two curved spring-arms, B2 BZ, to receive and hold the neck of the bottle when the latter is in place upon the base-support C. These supports are made adjustable on the rod I, to accommodate bottles of different heights.

Above the neck-support B is a stenrguide, A, which is adjustably secured upon the rod I by a set-screw, A. This stemguide A is (No model.)

provided near its outer end with a vertical perforation, A2, through which the stem G of the cork-puller passes. The stem G is pivoted at its upper end to an S-shaped arm, F, which is pivoted at its upper end to the end of the curved lever E, in order to cause the stem AG to work true in the stem-guide. The lower end of the stem G is provided with a knife, K, having a concave edge which is sharpened, and is intended to cut the wire that usually holds the cork in the bottle, and is one-eighth inch thick on its top edge. The rknife L, above the knife K on the stem, is intended to split the pulled cork in two halves, when the knife K is passed down through a second cork, so that the first cork, which has remained on the stem, will fall off. When the lever is raised, the knife K will be pushed down through the cork in the neck vof the bottle. The bottle should then be turned onequarter way round on the base-support, either to the right or to the left, and the lever-handle depressed to pull the cork.

y The cork-puller, except the stem and knives, which are of steel, is made of wrought-brass, so that it will not corrode by coming in contact with liquids.

The device is cheap, simple, and performs its work efficiently.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination, with the rod I and the base D, of the adjustable base-support C, the adjustable neck support B, the adjustable stem-guide, the stem having the knife K, and an operating-lever fulcrurned to the rod I, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the rod I, having the base D, provided with screw-holes in the ends of its arms, of the base-support C, scoured to the rod by set-screw C, the necksupport having curved spring-arms and setscrew B, the stem-guide A, and set-screw A', the stem G, having the knife K at its lower end and the knife L above it, the arm F, and the curved lever E, fulcrurned to the upper end of the rod I, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM II. D. MERRILL.

Vitnesses: y

EDWARD C. WESTON, EDWIN C. BAKER.

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